China to Relax QDII, QFII Control

12/06/2014

China has signaled it will relax control over Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDII) and Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) to show its determination at speeding up the yuan’s convertibility under the capital account.

Securities / Derivatives

China Beefs Up Financial Support for Trade

12/06/2014

China’s central bank has called for more financing channels for the country’s import and export businesses in a bid to stabilize foreign trade.

Australia May Have to Tighten Forex Regulations

12/06/2014

Australia could be forced to increase its oversight of the US$4 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market in line with tougher United Kingdom rules.

Securities / Derivatives

China Regulator Tightens Rules for IPOs

11/06/2014

The securities regulator has tightened rules for initial public offerings again, to the dismay of investment bankers who want the market to decide how shares are priced.

Securities / Derivatives

Hong Kong Regulators Cautious on Rising China Loans

11/06/2014

Hong Kong regulators are imposing strict financial rules four years ahead of their expected implementation under global standards on worries some banks may be vulnerable if Chinese economy weakens significantly.

Securities / Derivatives

Australia’s Central Bank Governor Sounds Caution on New Threats to Stability

10/06/2014

Global regulators are issuing more than enough regulation to stop a recurrence of a global financial crisis, said Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens, as he cautioned that new potentially damaging threats to global stability could be overlooked.

Securities / Derivatives

China Cuts Reserve Ratio for Small Banks

09/06/2014

China has cut the amount of cash reserves some lenders must hold at the central bank to boost lending to small businesses, in a move to stimulate its slowing economy.

Securities / Derivatives

Indonesia’s New Ruling Likely to Hurt Bancassurance Business, Says Allianz

09/06/2014

Sharia insurer Allianz Life Syariah, part of insurance giant Allianz Indonesia, has warned that a new non-bank financial regulation to be issued by the Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority later this year may hurt the life insurer’s bancassurance business.

Securities / Derivatives

Intraday Liquidity Monitoring: Regulatory Requirement, Risk Management Tool

09/06/2014

As Asia-Pacific markets move to integrate Basel III standards on intraday liquidity monitoring into local requirements, financial institutions are finding it a tool for risk management and mitigation.